peoplemeter
peoplemeter noun: a device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
Noun
peoplemeter (plural peoplemeters)
- A device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
- These machines could not indicate if anyone was actually sitting in front of the TV watching it. But new machines called peoplemeters can tell which members of the family are watching […]1990, Lynne S. Gross, The New Television Technologies, page 7
- […] a peoplemeter-like box to measure viewing […]2013, James Webster, Patricia Phalen, Lawrence Lichty, Ratings Analysis: Audience Measurement and Analytics, page 33
Forms of peoplemeter
| plural | peoplemeters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | people meter |
Origin of peoplemeter
people + -meter
Questions about peoplemeter
- What does peoplemeter mean?
- Peoplemeter means a device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
- What part of speech is peoplemeter?
- Peoplemeter is a noun.
- What is the plural of peoplemeter?
- The plural of peoplemeter is peoplemeters.
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